You are a PSP owner, right? And like every good PSP owner, you ought to have loads and loads of UMDs (except if you have a Go) And now you want the Vita, like every other person who knows his way around gadgets.

But we all know that Sony did not install a UMD reader in the Vita and you want to play your UMDs on the Vita.

Well, here comes the good news, well, for the Japanese only or until Sony clears up the foggy details but you have to buy them again.

Allow me to enlighten you about UMD Passport, a PSN app for PSP which allows you to buy your UMDs from PSN...


It's a rather complicated procedure; apparently you first have to download the UMD Passport application from the PSN for the PSP. Then you register the UMD in the UMD drive to your PSN account, after which you log in to your PSN account from a Vita and from whence you buy the game from PSN for your Vita for a lower price...


Is it just me or do I hear grumblings about buying your already bought games again? And catch this, not all the games are on PSN, so there will only be some games available from your large collection...


Still, at least Sony is making an effort to please you.
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